Subj : Getting Tired [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Jul 02 2025 15:16:14
Hi Dave,
DD> When the chirrun get a new forever home for their fur kids I'm going
DD> to hit an ASPCA adoption event and let a kitten adopt me. I'm nore of
DD> a cat person than a dog person anyway.
RH> I'd rather have a cat but........
DD> I avoided getting a kitten when I moved in here since I had bought a
DD> leather couch and easy chair at yhe Re-Store - and we all know that
DD> kitty claws are sharp. Bv)= Even if you provide a scratching post
DD> Catbert is going to knead the claws where Catbert wants - not where
DD> you want.
I know, our last cat did a number on an upholstered chair in Berlin. Her
favorite scratching surface was the carpet but that never tore up.
DD> Today's session is the half-way point. For registration marks I have
DD> some large(ish) "X" marks with waterproof tape over the junction so it
DD> doesn't wash away in the shower.
RH> You are getting off easy but still be aware of the side effects.
DD> Today and Wednesday are the final sessions. Still no extra tiredness.
DD> We'll see what happens after next Wednesday.
RH> It may take some time or you may escape it entirely. Just make sure
RH> that if it hits while you're cooking, to turn off the stove, put knives
RH> in a secure spot and any open food gets stowed before going to lie
RH> down.
DD> Good advice for if, as and when.
I just don't want to read somewhere that you got done in by something
that was easily remidiable by a bit of advance thinking. Knives make
prep work easy but if you're slicing something up when tired, it's too
easy to slice fresh meat at the same time.
DD> 8<----- XXXXX ----->8
RH> Very much so! Attendant at the rest area was a young man, probably a
RH> summer hire, who did fill out an incident report but otherwise didn't
RH> do much of anything. Steve pulled out the first aid kit from the truck
RH> to put temporary patches on until we got to the ER.
DD> We have several "Urgent Care" centers (walk-in clinics) spotted around
DD> town for stuff like that. It frees up the ER for trauma and other
DD> severe cases.
The fall happed at a rest stop in the middle of nowhere on a state road.
We'd gone over the mountain, nearest town was 40 minutes in back of us.
Since we weren't sure of what damage I'd done and if the metal
plate/screws in the elbow had been damaged, we went back to the ER
there. Set us back several hours but it was worth getting checked out at
an ER vs an Urgent Care. I'd missed lunch and got out of the ER near
supper time so we stopped at a DQ for cones before going back over the
mountain for the 3rd time that day. Spent the night boondocking at a
remote trailhead in SE Utah.
DD> Steve was probablu up in pay-grade by then. If he's been E-2 or E-3 it
DD> would probably have been a different story.
RH> Depends on the unit, some are better than others. Steve was a Master
RH> Sergeant (E-8) by then. He always took me to my treatments in uniform
RH> so one time one lady who was there with her husband made the offer that
RH> if we didn't want to drive up from Fort Stewart (Hinesville, about an
RH> hour away) every day, I could stay with them. We politely thanked her
RH> and told her that we live in Savannah. Never got her name but it was
RH> nice of her to make the offer to us.
DD> There are good people everywhere. Sadlt they are outnumbered by the
DD> d*** weeds who put self before all else.
It is sad, but we try to help where/whenever we can. Often we're one of,
or the last people to leave somewhere because we're helping to get the
place ready for the next use.
RH> you will have to call for a new ride home. Don't know, we've not tried
RH> it, but I don't want to be caught at the grocey store with a sack full
RH> of perishables and have to wait for a ride. The bus loops on the hour
RH> so if you just miss it, you're waiting almost 2 hours for the next one.
RH> Not good for groceries!
DD> My Hy-Vee (currently USA Today's #1 Grocer) offers both pick-up and
DD> deliverry if I buy U$25 or more worth of grub. Which, given today's
DD> prices is not at all hard to do. That's how I get pantry items and
DD> frozen stuff. Fresh meat and produce - I still buy in person. But the
DD> delivery (even tipping the driver) or pick-up saves a lot of time and,
DD> especially, effort.
I'm still enjoying shopping in person but may try a pick up/delivery
service at some point. Most of our groceries we get at Wegman's but go
to super big box stores for paper goods, vitamins, etc. Eventually we'll
probably condense everything down to one store but we're not ready to
yet.
... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.
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